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Representative of the World Health Organization in Vietnam Kidong Park speaking at a meeting at the Ministry of Health – Photo: QUANG HUNG
In a statement released a few minutes later, the Health Ministry said that on December 22, 2020, Can Tho airport received a VN50 flight from the United Kingdom to Vietnam with 305 passengers, concentrated in isolation in the province of Tra Vinh 147 Vinh Long with 137 people, Can Tho City 17 people and HCMC 4 people.
The localities have sampled, tested for the first time and discovered 6 cases, including patient 1429 – patient 1432 (in Vinh Long), patient 1434 – patient 1435 (in Tra Vinh).
Soon after, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City evaluated, classified and sequenced the genes. The results recorded 1 case of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus – variant VOC 202012/01 – patient 1435.
This is a new strain that was recently registered in the UK, the one that infected patient 1435, it also has a D614G mutation, which was known to spread rapidly 4-5 months ago.
According to the Ministry of Health, patient 1435 is a woman, born in 1976, hometown of Tra Vinh province, returned to Vietnam on December 22, 2020 and is concentrated in isolation right in Tra Vinh.
The patient has had a history of hypertension for 10 years and is in good treatment. Before returning to Vietnam, patient 1435 was in stable health. After being admitted and isolated for a day, patient 1435 with symptoms of a sore throat and low fever was taken to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for a positive test on December 24, 2020.
At the same time, the patient was transferred to isolation and treated at the Tra Vinh Hospital for Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Disease with a diagnosis of acute amydal inflammation and decreased clinical symptoms from December 24 to 30, 2020.
On December 31, 2020, the patient had a mild cough, no sore throat, no fever, no shortness of breath, and X-ray images had blurry basal lung lesions. Currently, the patient is diagnosed with pneumonia control and continues to receive follow-up treatment at the Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Disease Hospital of Tra Vinh province.
Because the husband, who lives in the same house as patient 1435, currently in the UK, has been tested and has also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, a testing unit to detect a patient infected with a variant of the virus, sent a report to the Department of Preventive Medicine.
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The variants have spread to 34 countries and regions.
On December 8, the UK announced a new variant of the corona virus that could spread faster than other variants.
As of today 2-1, 34 countries and territories have registered this variation, Including: US, UK, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Netherlands , Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and most recently Vietnam.
Scientists first discovered this variant in September. In November, about a quarter of new infections in London were due to VUI-202012/01, and by mid-December this number had risen to almost 2 /. 3. The UK government announced that the new variant is up to 70% more contagious than previous variants.
Concerned about the spread of the new variant, many countries have banned or restricted travel with Great Britain and South Africa, which also discovered a dangerous variant of the new corona virus strain.
